You see where this is going. John Lurie brought it all together in a Feb. 11 tweet with Vice President Mike Pence snapping a selfie with Tonga Man, the oiled star of the Olympics Opening Ceremony.

“The heart wants what the heart wants.” The fake photo drew thousands of likes and retweets.

But the South Pacific island nation of Tonga is far from the realities in the southeast-Asian nation of Malaysia. Human Rights Watch reports that discrimination is pervasive against Malaysia’s LGBT citizens. They even face jail time of up to 20 years. Last year, an 18-year-old student was beaten to death by classmates, and a 27-year-old transgender woman was knifed and shot in an attack a few months later.

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Malaysian activist and social-media star Arwind Kumar called out the newspaper report with a Youtube video. He warned that even more Malaysians could be hurt.

“If you really want to educate society,” Kumar said, “then explain to them the traits of a pedophile, a molester, a murderer, a kidnapper —people who actually endanger the lives of others.